She said: "The fact that Fox belatedly established such procedures does not ease my concerns, nor does Fox's compliance history". "These are matters the CMA may wish to consider in the event of a referral".

The CMA will take six months to investigate the merger before publishing its conclusions.

On Tuesday she unexpectedly went even further and said she meant to refer the takeover for further investigation on the grounds that broadcasting standards at Sky could be undermined if the deal went ahead.

She also raised concerns about "corporate governance issues".

It sets up a potentially awkward encounter between Ms Bradley and James Murdoch, who is chief executive of Fox and chairman of Sky, at the Royal Television Society Convention in Cambridge on Thursday, where they are both scheduled to speak. "How can we possibly trust the Murdochs with total control of Sky News?"

Bradley asked Ofcom to provide further comment on Fox's broadcasting record, the sexual harassment scandal at Fox News US, alleged lax corporate governance at 21st Century Fox, and claims by critics of the Sky takeover bid that Ofcom had not taken into account all relevant evidence relating to phone hacking.

Bradley's decision remains "minded to" because she must allow the parties to make representations on the proposed decision.

In a statement, Sky said that it was disappointed by the delay and that the Secretary was minded to refer the takeover to the CMA on the grounds of broadcasting standards despite Ofcom maintaining its advice that there are no sufficient concerns to warrant such a referral. It then clarified that "while we consider there are non-fanciful concerns, we do not consider that these are such as may justify a reference in relation to the broadcast standards public interest consideration". However, I am not confident that weaknesses in Fox's corporate governance arrangements are incapable of affecting compliance in the broadcasting standards context.

European regulators have previously given the takeover the green light.

But Bradley, who has remained United Kingdom culture secretary in May's new government, has been seen as being under pressure to not wave the deal through given that the topic of the Murdochs and their political power has been a hotly discussed topic in Britain.

A tropical storm warning was issued for the first time ever in Atlanta , and school was canceled in communities around the state. Roy Cooper also declared a state of emergency for all 100 counties in his state ahead of Irma.

It was then placed in a tub of water and taken on the back of a ute to the Sea Life Sanctuary, to recover from its ordeal. It slowly cruised around the pool with people in the water helping direct it around as it bumped into the walls.

The first was over the Florida Keys, and the second, over Marco Island, left the island without water and power, authorities said. Irma herself is following Harvey, the sheer weight of the rain from which caused the city of Houston to sink two centimetres .

Chelsea begin their one-year hiatus from the Champions League with a home fixture with Qarabag FK on Tuesday evening. Defender and club captain Gary Cahill is back in contention after a three-game domestic ban.

A further extension for at least three more months beyond March is now being discussed before Opec meets again in November. Analysts surveyed Monday by S&P Global Platts expect U.S. crude stocks rose 10.1 million barrels.

Hurricane-force winds extend out 15 miles from the storm's center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles. Katia is the 11th named storm this Atlantic hurricane season and follows Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose .

Meanwhile, the University of Cambridge, the UK's highest-ranking institution, slipped down a place this year to number 6. The University of SC was tied for 49th among national public universities with the University of New Hampshire.

We don't know yet whether or not the proposed date for Star Wars Episode IX will change, but depending on how much J.J. We also learned that Chris Terrio (the Academy Award-winning writer of Argo ) will co-write the movie with JJ Abrams .

At a regular news briefing, ministry spokesman Geng Shuang reiterated China's call for more steps by the U.N. The move comes in the wake of North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September 3.

The victim's father, Barun Chandra Thakur, has also requested a national tribunal to look into such cases across the country. In view of the incident, the government has ordered all Ryan group schools in Gurugram to remain shut on Monday and Tuesday.

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